Enterasys Networks NetSight User Manual

GatorMIM and Gator Star

User’s Guide

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Using the GatorMIM CS/GatorStar GX-M User’s Guide.......................................1-2

Related Manuals............................................................................................................ 1-2

Software Conventions..................................................................................................1-3

Using the Mouse.................................................................................................... 1-3

Common Gator Module Window Fields............................................................1-4

Using Window Buttons.........................................................................................1-5

Getting Help ..................................................... ..... ...... ...... ..... ....................................... 1-5

Using On-Line Help..............................................................................................1-5

Accessing On-line Documentation......................................................................1-6

Getting Help from the Global Technical Assistance Center............................1-6

Chapter 2 The Gator Module View

Viewing Device Information.......................................................................................2-2

Front Panel Information........................................................................................2-3

Menu Structure....................................................................................................... 2-4

Gator Module Port Status Display .......................................... ...... ...................... 2-6

The Chassis Manager Window............................................................................ 2-6

Viewing Hardware Types.....................................................................................2-7

Viewing the Device Type...............................................................................2-7

Viewing the Module Type ............................................................................. 2-7

Viewing the Port Type....................................................................................2-8

Viewing I/F Summary Information.................................................................... 2-8

Interface Performance Statistics/Bar Graphs.............................................2-9

Viewing Interface Detail...............................................................................2-11

Making Sense of Detail Statistics......................................................... 2-13

Enabling and Disabling Ports.................................................................................... 2-14

Contents

Chapter 3 LocalTalk and GatorStar Statistics

Viewing LocalTalk Statistics ........................................................................................3-1

Gator Total Repeater Statistics .................................................................................... 3-3

Index

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Introduction

How to use this guide; related guides; software conventions; getting help

Welcome to the GatorMIM CS and GatorStar GX-M User’s Guide. We have
designed this guide to serve as a reference for using NetSight Element Manager
for the GatorMIM CS and the GatorStar GX-M.

The GatorMIM CS and GatorStar GX-M are LocalTalk to Ethernet routers—based
on Cayman Systems’ GatorBOX-CS technology—which are integrated for use in
the MMAC series of intelligent hubs.

The GatorMIM CS is a LocalTalk router module for the MMAC hub, providing
routing connectivity between LocalTalk and Ethernet topologies with AppleTalk
and DECnet routing capabilities, with no configuration re quired.

Chapter 1

The GatorStar GX-M is a single module designed to plug into the MMAC hub,
providing plug-and-play routing between LocalTalk and Ethernet networks, with
no configuration required. It integrates the LocalTalk-Ethernet gateway with the
24-port LocalTalk SmartRepeater. GatorStar GX-M’s SmartRepeater technology
provides automatic detection and correction of “jabbering” on LocalTalk ports,
and determines the location of individual nodes for each port, allowing network
management and mapping programs to determine the location and traffic of
every node on your LocalTalk network.

Both the GatorStar GX-M and the GatorMIM CS support LocalTalk Statistics and
the SNMP System Group. The GatorStar also supports GatorStar Statistics. The
GatorStar GX-M can support up to 96 users; the GatorMim CS up to 32 users.

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Introduction

Using the GatorMIM CS/GatorStar GX-M

User’s Guide

Each chapter in this guide describes one major functionality or a collection of
several smaller functionalities of the GatorMIM CS and the Ga torStar GX -M. This
guide contains information about software functions which are accessed directly
from the device icon.

The GatorStar GX-M and the GatorMIM CS will be jointly referred to as the Gator

NOTE

Module throughout much of this manual. Where there are differences, each device will be
named separately, as necessary.

Chapter 1, Introduction, provides a list of related documentation, describes
certain software conventions, and shows yo u ho w to c o nt a c t t h e Gl ob a l Technical
Assistance Center.

Chapter 2, The Gator Module View, describes the visual display of the Gator
module in the chassis and explains how to use the mouse within the Chassis
View.

Chapter 3, LocalTalk and GatorStar Statistics, describes both the LocalTalk and
Gator Total Repeater Statistics windows, and defines the various packets and
errors forwarded across the GatorMIM CS and GatorStar GX-M as well as the
total repeater statistics counted by the GatorStar GX-M.

Related Manuals

The GatorMIM and GatorStar User’s Guide is only part of a complete document
set designed to provide comprehensive information about the features available
to you through NetSight Element Manager. Other guides which include
important information related to managing the Gator Module are as follows:

User’s Guide
Tools Guide
Remote Administration Tools User’s Guide
Alarm and Event Handling User’s Guide

For more information about the capabilities of the Gator Module, con sult the
appropriate hardware doc u mentation.

1-2 Using the GatorMIM CS/GatorStar GX-M User’s Guide

Software Conventions

Your NetSight Element Manager’s device user interface contains a number of
elements common to most windows and which operate the same regardless of the
window in which they appear. A brief description of some of the most common
elements appears below. The information provided here is not repeated in the
descriptions of specific windows and/or functions.

Using the Mouse

This document assumes you are using a Windows-compatible mouse with two
buttons; if you are using a three button mouse, you should ignore the operation of
the middle button when following procedures in this document. Procedures
within the NetSight Element Manager document set refer to these buttons as
follows:

Introduction

Left Mouse Button

Right Mouse Button

Figure 1-1. Mouse Buttons

For many mouse operations, this document assumes that the left (primary) mouse
button is to be used, and references to activating a menu or button will not
include instructions about which mouse button to use.

However, in instances in which right (secondary ) m ouse button functionality is
available, instructions will explic itly refer to right mouse button usage. Also, in
situations where you may be switching between mouse buttons in the same area
or window, instru ctions may also explicitly refer to both left and right mouse
buttons.

Instructions to perform a mouse operation include the following terms:

• Pointing means to position the mouse cursor over an area without pressing

either mouse button.

• Clicking means to position the mouse pointer over the indicated target, then

press and release the appropriate mouse button. This is most commonly used
to select or activate objects, such as menus or b uttons.

Software Conventions 1-3